007BondAgent on 16 March 2013
| Dodece said: This title probably isn't exclusive anymore, and it will probably release on the next batch of consoles. Square just doesn't have a lot of brand loyalty these days. If you have a platform Square is usually happy to put games out for it. In the case of Final Fantasy it is still fairly popular in North America. So it makes sense to have it available for the most popular console brand in that region. Like it or not that means Xbox. It might be a different case if it was a property that does well, but only exclusively in Japan. In which case a Xbox version of a game would be money poorly spent, because the install base for the Xbox in that region would hardly justify the development costs. Square tends to its own ass first, and any preferences it might have second. I really don't understand why people forget the comments Square made about Sony early in the last generation. I think they made it pretty clear that they aren't blindly loyal. I mean this is a company making games for smart phones. When Sony's own portable gaming device desperately needs all the games it can get. For the Sony fans who want Square to play the exclusivity game when it comes to this franchise. You really need to think this over for a minute, because if exclusivity is on the table. Square in its insatiable quest for cash. Might just auction it off to the highest bidder, and given how Microsoft has done in Japan. T hey might be open to spending just a plain ungodly sum to get it. After all this is the company that floated Take 2 a fifty million dollar loan to get exclusive content packs for Grand Theft Auto 4, and those weren't anywhere near as valuable as a exclusive Final Fantasy game would be for them. If Square offered it you can bet that Microsoft would be all over that shit. It wouldn't even be the first time they went on a buying binge in Japan, or have we forgotten about the half dozen exclusives in this genre Microsoft funded early last generation. |
you do know final fantasy sells alot better on the PS3 in north america?







